The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-08-18
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Weeks DOings at the Ma
tiOnal Capital

"Two's COMPANY"
claim 60 be a lindhearted man. and conse-
ouently ] hate TO feel that my mere presence
will diminish some one elses legitimate pleas
urc aud lessen the amount OF happipess--Of
which. the Lord knows, there Ii little enough
i'm the world. But the other night i was
made TO feel that j was very unwelcome IN
truder. About IL o'clock i started 10 seek
my virin0us couch, and got into one Of
the large, fnely-uph0lstered herdics which
traverse Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth
street There was mo- one IN the vehicle when
j entered but 4 young and quite good looking
couple. The young man was apparently an m
telligent and thrifty mechanic, and the young
woman the sweet, pretty daughter OF a man OF
similar calling. They had evidently been on
u pleasant excursion down the Potomac. and
things had gone on so happily with them
that he had asked the all important question,
and received a blushing assent. There had
been enough of physical oEertiOn during the
long day. 90 say nothing of various emotions,
20 make her feel weary, aud she WAS resting
her little brown head on his shoulder with a
very pretty air of proud proprietOrship. lie
was struggling to resist the temptation TO put
his arm around her, and under preiense OF sup
porting her had his hand almost around her
waist. The streets through which the vehicle
was rolling were very quiet, there was enough
moonlight 10 make the hour seem witchlng,
and 10 complete the romance the heavy odOr Of
jasmine and tuberose came drifting through
the windows and filled the interior of the
coach with perfume. The two were so absorbed
In their new-found happiness that they did not
notice my entrance for little while. aud then
the young lady started up with a vivid blush,
Strengthened her bangs out assumed severely
proper attitude, and gave q swift glance at me
AS If she would intimate that men Of my age
would appear 10 better advantage at home o.
nights with their families instead OF wander
ing around town no one knew where The
young fellow looked half-sheepish and half
defiant. felt sorry and apologize, but could
not say 10 them. as / wanted 10: Go right on,
my young friends. Don't mind me. i was
there myself once, and i really enjoy seeing
you enacting a scene out of that ever-charming
drama of Loves Young Dream" j had de-
prest the temperature in the coach about 90
degrees in two minutes. After riding block
or two ia stiff silence they rang the hell am
sure they were blocks away from her home
ard the last I saw of them she was leann
heavily on his arm as they passed out of sight
under the shadow of the tulip trees Of side
street.
AN ARMY wRANGLE.
The usual surface smoothness Of the relations
among officers of the army has been broken by
q demand upon Gen. Sheridan for court
martial TO try Col w. w. Burns Commissary
of Subsistence on Gen. Schohed's staff, on
charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and
q gentleman" Col. w. ID. Mhipple Chief of
staff for Gen. Schofeld, prefers these charges,
and asserts that Col. Burns quarreled with him
over personal matter, abused him shamefully,
applied the most opprobrious epithets 10 him,
aud finally struck him when his back was
turned. The difficulty between the two officers
had been kept so well 10 themselves That the
first knowledge that most of the officers and
men stationed on Governors lsand-where
Gen. Schofeld's headquarters are-bad of il
was when they read the dispatch from Wash
ington announcing that Gen. Sheridan had
been requested 10 convene cOurt-martial. No
particulars have been suffered 10 transpire in
regard 10 the cause of the trouble and Gen.
Scho6eld refuses absolutely TO discuss the mat
Ger with the reporters lt is significant of a
change in army ideas that such an affair is
made the subject of a demand for a court mar
tial. Though dueling has been strictly pro-
hibited in the army for many years, il has not
been until very lately that officer who did
moi challenge another for a blow or am oppro.
brious epithet would have been forced TO resign.
Ii will be remembered that JEFF. c. Davis's jus.
tifcatiou for shooting Gen. Nelson was that the
latter had struck him in the face. Nelson's
friends have always denied that there was any
blow given; that at the utmost there was
merely AN accidental touching of Dayis's face
by the tips of Nelson's fingers in the latter'i
earnest destinations.
il lisa mystery TO European soldiers how ours
manage 20 get along without duels and other
recognized methods of settling the differences
that will arise among strong, resolute men who
hostile together day after day and year aftel
year, in the restricted boundaries of camp and
garrison. The Continental armies have very
elaborate codes for the settlement of differences
and every regiment has a court Of honor Il
which alleged grievances must be referred
These decide whether duel is necessary, aud
IL 80 what the nature OF the encounter must be
Both the parties TO the present quarrel ar
old soldiers of fine records. Col. Whippl'
graduated from West Point in 1877. and ha
been in the Adjutant-General's Department
since 1861. During the war he was Gen
Thomas's Chief of staff, and was brevetteC
Brigadier- General for gallant and meritoriou
services on the Atlanta campaign, aud Major
General for gallant and meritorious service
during the war. Col. Burns graduated from
West Point IN 1912. He has been in the Sub
sistenee Department since 1855, and receive,
three brevets for gallant and meritOriOus sery
ices with the Army of the Potomac.
SENATOR'S IMPRESSIONS OF EUROPE.
Senator Frye, of Maine, and his wife hav
returned from their European tour, and this /
what the Senator told a reporter as 10 his i'm
prcssOns OF Europe:
I'VE have been absent about Eve month,
and we have had very enjoyable trip. W
have taken a tour of the Continent and @
Great Britain, and although we have seel
many places we have seen no place like HON
NO place IN all respccts equal 10 America
You will find in the Old World much that
admirable, but what impressed me most pain
July was the poverty of The masses OF the pee
pie Why, the people in Europe live on th
poorest food, and mighty little Of IT, foun
that lHbOrers in Glasgow work for 2s. Cd. da
81 cents. i was charmed with Edinburgh
but when j saw women drunk, fighting In lac
beautiful streets, the modern Athens lost lac
charms j cannot convey 10 you the picture G
the degradation and want throughout Grca
Britain caused by drink. j am amused whe
j hear people complain OF the water ia Europ.
hrs. Frye aud myself managed TO get throug
Europe without beer and wine or strong drinl
and think we have stood il pretty well. Tn
water IN Europe is good, as a rule. j cam
back st0uter cold water man than when
went away. The drink evil is a horror.
Speaking OF wages, ] found girls in factoriC
In Aenice working witch great skill for frol
five 10 ~ cents a day, the most experience
getting ~ cents day, out of which they hay
10 live. But how they live is a wonder. The
chief diet is maecaroni. Farm hands all owe
EuTope--w OmeB-earn 20 cents day. Nome
do most OF the field work. ! saw no improve
machinery on the farms OF the Continent.
have seen 20 women in one field at work. not
man ia sight. The plain people have no mea
10 eat but once q week Oh the Continent I'll
condition of American wage-earneTs is incOn
paraby better than that OF the working peopl
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